Quite a funny thread there. And the Heat fans have taken defense. And for some reason that thread was getting in the Lakers vs. Heat direction.

02-04-2013, 10:03 AM

Tom White

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Wow! Talk about posters not respecting each other. That isn't a very well moderated board, is it?

02-04-2013, 10:03 AM

spreedom

Re: Pacers being discussed on spurtalk

Just say no to spurstalk. That is easily the worst non-RealGM sports forum on the internet.

02-04-2013, 10:07 AM

CreekShow

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Saw some decent insight from anyone who wasnt a Heat/Lakers fan. I agree it won't be easy, but to say Pacers have no chance is ignorant. Plus the whole Bosh being injured is basically nullified due to him not doing a damn thing in the 2 times weve played them this year.

02-04-2013, 10:18 AM

Nuntius

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Did I see someone calling Roy Hibbert a fake tough guy? :laugh::laugh::laugh:

02-04-2013, 10:19 AM

Steagles

LOL at Heat "fans" getting all defensive. Also, like someone said, that was a very poorly modded board. Shade, Hicks, ChiJ, Bill, Gnome, Peck and Able; I'd like to thank you guys for keeping PD the best forum on the net.

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02-04-2013, 10:34 AM

Anthem

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How have I not seen this quote?

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“I was joking out there with those guys, LeBron and Dwayne Wade,” George said after Indiana’s 102-89 victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “I asked ‘em, ‘When is it my time to get some of these calls?’ They joked back and said, ‘We don’t get those.’ I told Wade, ‘the whole first half was for you.’ “

By halftime, George already was lugging three personal fouls. James and Wade had played no-touch defense, nary a foul between them.

“If it happens, it happens,” George, a newly minted 2013 All-Star, said of the league’s alleged superstar treatment. “But I don’t look to get any calls.”

02-04-2013, 10:45 AM

Phree Refill

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Originally Posted by Steagles

LOL at Heat "fans" getting all defensive. Also, like someone said, that was a very poorly modded board. Shade, Hicks, ChiJ, Bill, Gnome, Peck and Able; I'd like to thank you guys for keeping PD the best forum on the net.

Yeah reading that garbage for only 3 minutes really puts PD into perspective. Makes me appreciate what even the perpetually non-optimistic/negative posters on this forum say because at least they provide something substantive with their posts. We have it pretty good here.

NDIANAPOLIS – Paul George got knocked to the floor and three, count ‘em, three Miami Heat players didn’t much like the foul call. Udonis Haslem looked exasperated at the whistle, LeBron James had a sour look on his face and, as James glanced at Dwyane Wade, he then joined in with his own half-skeptical, half-disgusted expression. Haslem went too far and got a technical for his trouble while George, well, he got a little satisfaction.

“I was joking out there with those guys, LeBron and Dwayne Wade,” George said after Indiana’s 102-89 victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “I asked ‘em, ‘When is it my time to get some of these calls?’ They joked back and said, ‘We don’t get those.’ I told Wade, ‘the whole first half was for you.’ “

By halftime, George already was lugging three personal fouls. James and Wade had played no-touch defense, nary a foul between them.

“If it happens, it happens,” George, a newly minted 2013 All-Star, said of the league’s alleged superstar treatment. “But I don’t look to get any calls.”

George is looking beyond a few whistles, beyond even the two double-digit victories the Pacers have hung on Miami in the regular season. He and his teammates brought a little extra to Friday’s game because of what it means to them – their strategy, their confidence – over the long haul against the Heat. Which, naturally, means the playoffs, in what could be a chance to avenge their loss last May in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Miami, as defending champions, could shrug off what happened Friday as just one of 82, packing no meaning beyond an off-night against Portland or Milwaukee. That’s the privilege of the rings: freedom from fretting until the best-of-seven stuff starts.

“We move on to the next one,” James said. “We don’t put too much into winning or losing these games. I’m not worried. We’re not worried.”

Mostly, Miami looked peeved, a bit dyspeptic in slipping to 11-11 on the road. Indiana shot 55.7 percent, outrebounded the Heat (doesn’t everyone?) and held them to their lowest scoring output since James, Wade and Chris Bosh combined for 66 on Jan. 8 – and the other Miami players totaled just 11.
Clearly, though, this wasn’t just another game to Indiana.

“We know when we’re playing this team,” said power forward David West, who was a beast with 30 points on 12-for-15 shooting, with seven rebounds and five assists. West had an old-school big man’s night and should have cashed half of Roy Hibbert‘s paycheck, he carried the Indiana center so in the paint.

“We obviously have some confidence from matching up with them in the playoffs last year,” West said. “Mix that with playing well at home [the Pacers have won 13 straight at the Fieldhouse]. But we can’t overreact to it. I mean, it’s a good win against a good team, we did some good things. But we just can’t overreact to it.”

James, after all, had his way most of the night (28 points, six rebounds, 9-for-11 from the line). Miami turned up its defense (a little late, as it turned out) and stymied Indiana’s attack into 17 turnovers. Bosh got in early foul trouble and had just 13 points and two rebounds, but Wade stayed active for 17 points.

“The Heat have two of the best players in the world,” West said, “So, any time they show up, they’re going to bring some extra folks in the building and the energy is going to be different. There were games last year where, in our growth, we didn’t meet that challenge.

“Our team has grown in terms of going out and being able to execute what we’re trying to do. Not getting caught up in the atmosphere and environment, and being able to play some solid basketball.”

Indiana got the better of Miami in the clash of team strengths – its league-best defensive field-goal percentage (.419) vs. the Heat’s league-best offensive percentage (.489). The Pacers fended off a push late in the third quarter. And James and Wade were whistled for six fouls in the second half to just one for their All-Star Pacers buddy.

Well, buddy for a day when George teams up with all those Heat types in Houston.

“I guess it’s what All-Star is about,” George said. “It’s really just a weekend to have some fun with it and enjoy the time. From being real competitive, that’s the only way I’m looking at it, it’s just a break. But when it’s opening back up for the season, it’ll be easy to change the mindset to being competitive against those guys.”

He already is. The Pacers already are.

02-04-2013, 11:17 AM

rel

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...and thank you PD peeps for not letting us have those obnoxiously HUGE sigs. I had a workout just trying to scroll through 2 posts

02-04-2013, 12:17 PM

Johanvil

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There are certainly some posters on there I would happily, if I could, extend my fist through my screen and punch them.
Clueless and the worst of all, bandwagoners, who took a looooooooooong hiatus after 2006. Poor poor forum.

02-04-2013, 12:25 PM

Trader Joe

Re: Pacers being discussed on spurtalk

Awfully liberal use of the word discussed.

02-04-2013, 01:03 PM

Peck

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My God that was brutal.

I want to thank every one of you posters on the Digest because without you guys we could very well look just like that.

I about copied and pasted just some random Uncle Buck post and placed it on their board just to see if the cosmic forces of non-quality posting and quality posting meeting up would cause a black hole or something.

Our least posters on here are akin to Dickens, Faulkner, Twain or Shakespear compared to that group.

02-04-2013, 01:23 PM

Anthem

Re: Pacers being discussed on spurtalk

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Originally Posted by ej wallace's article

Mostly, Miami looked peeved, a bit dyspeptic in slipping to 11-11 on the road. Indiana shot 55.7 percent, outrebounded the Heat (doesn’t everyone?) and held them to their lowest scoring output since James, Wade and Chris Bosh combined for 66 on Jan. 8 – and the other Miami players totaled just 11.

Dyspeptic?

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dysĚpepĚtic -- /disˈpeptik/ --Adjective
Of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression.

"Consequent irritability" means "irritability as a consequence of..." in this case, indigestion. The Heat looked like they were depressed and irritated because they were having trouble digesting what they were being fed?

Same kinda crap coming from the RealGM forum thread when we played Miami last week. Lakers & Miami fans are the most clueless fans around, they have no concept that lots other teams actually have some really talented players. I really hate how fans disrespect other team's players and it seems they really know nothing about said players.

I think we play Miami better when Bosh does play. I figure if Bosh is shooting the ball, Wade and Lebron are not, so it's usually better better for us. Did you guys know Ray Allen has been held scoreless 3 times in his career, 2 of those times were against the Pacers this season. :D

02-04-2013, 03:13 PM

dal9

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Lol @ one guy who said "the refs are just coasting" and will start giving MIA calls in the playoffs. It's funny because its true!

02-04-2013, 04:39 PM

TMJ31

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Originally Posted by Anthem

Dyspeptic?

"Consequent irritability" means "irritability as a consequence of..." in this case, indigestion. The Heat looked like they were depressed and irritated because they were having trouble digesting what they were being fed?